Tim Dickinson | Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump

03 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Tim Dickinson | Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump  Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Dickinson wrote: "In November 2013, the president of the National Rifle Association, David Keene, was introduced as an honored guest at the conference of the Right to Bear Arms, a gun lobby in Moscow." READ MORE Donald Trump. (photo: Mark Seliger) Jill McCabe | The President Attacked My Reputation. It's Time to Set the Record Straight. Jill McCabe, The Washington Post McCabe writes: "I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician - someone who never thought much about politics until I was recruited to run for state office after making a statement about the importance of expanding Medicaid." READ MORE An airport terminal. (photo: Thinkstock) Foreign Visas Plunge Under Trump Nahal Toosi, Ted Hesson and Sarah Frostenson, Politico  he United States is granting fewer visitor visas to people from around the world — not just Muslims — as President Donald Trump ratchets up his anti-immigration rhetoric. Excerpt: "The United States is granting fewer visitor visas to people from around the world - not just Muslims - as President Donald Trump ratchets up his anti-immigration rhetoric." READ MORE John Kricfalusi. (photo: Albert L. Ortega/WireImage) Drawing the Line: The Disturbing Secret Behind Ren and Stimpy Ariane Lange, BuzzFeed Lange writes: "The 13-year-old had sent the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show a video of herself talking about her drawings and the animation career she envisioned; she thought if she got the attention of the studio behind the hit Nickelodeon show, she might get a job there someday." READ MORE Ivette Estrada in Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico. (photo: Stephen Yang) The Silent Crisis Killing Puerto Ricans Months After Hurricane Maria Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, Splinter Excerpt: "We explore the many ways our society's most vulnerable people get hurt by climate-related crises - and how they become canaries in coal mines while staring down our environment's uncertain future." READ MORE A masked man, member of Cherán's security commission or ronda, stands guard in the forest. (photo: AFP/Getty Images) The Mexican Indigenous Community That Ran Politicians Out of Town David Agren, Guardian UK Agren writes: "The indigenous Purepecha town of Cheran threw out all political parties after a popular uprising in 2011 - and it doesn't want them back." READ MORE A study found that it takes around 1,000 liters of water to produce just one chocolate bar. (photo: Loop) Chocolate Production May Be Harming Environment: Study The Economic Times Excerpt: "Your favourite chocolates may be significantly harming the environment, say scientists who found that the UK chocolate industry produces about 2.1 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in a year." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation